Inky-black Eyes, Piercing Eyes, Yellowed Eyes
The hunger. When it calls everything else is meaningless.
Human Names: Ahryd,Anneth,Ash,Ebhon,Ihe,Nagrim,Phiali,Theodsa,Vidrah
Elf Names: Aeh’dris,Carra,Dacír,Dis,Eresmor,Ienas,Illa,Sarriel,Thorin,Wingren
Alignment
 Lawful
Coexist with mortals without harming them or their community.
 Chaotic
Spread fear through a community.
 Evil
Feed on the innocent and helpless for your own pleasure.
Background
Choose your race. Then choose how you became a vampire.
 Ancient Vampire
You’ve been undead for quite some time. When you Spout Lore
about times long past, take +1.
 Accursed Vampire
You’ve become a vampire by a curse. Choose a tell for your
curse, this counts as another weakness for determining the
maximum blood you can hold:
• Animals become noticeably agitated by your presence
• Candles and lanterns flicker when you enter a room
• Food and drink sour at any table you are seated at
• Those standing next to you feel an unexplainable chill
• Plants wither and die when you walk by
 Recently Turned
Your appearance can never become monstrously inhuman.
Additionally, You may call upon the elder vampire who sired
you for assistance, and he’ll help you… for a price.
Fill in the names of your companions in at least one:
__________ knew my sire, he speaks for him in his stead.
I have tasted __________’s blood, and I want more!
__________ knows how I am vulnerable, and is not afraid to use
it against me.
T HE V AMPIRE
Hooded Face, Silvery Hair, Scarred Scalp
Out-of-style Finery, Extravagant Finery, Stolen Clothing
Gaunt Body, Commanding Posture, Mummified Body
Nosferatu
You are a vampire! You do not age, nor do you need to breathe. You start with
the following two weaknesses:
• Paralyzed by a wooden stake to the heart
• Repulsed by and vulnerable to fire and sunlight
You may also choose up to three additional weaknesses:
 Mirrors repel you; you do not cast a reflection
 Repulsed by and vulnerable to garlic
 Repulsed by and vulnerable to silver
 Repulsed by and vulnerable to holy symbols and places
 Cannot cross running water, and destroyed by drowning
 May only feed upon people of your own race
When you are reduced to 0 hit points, unless you were utterly annihilated or killed by
a weakness you turn into mist and return to your last safe resting place and gain 1
Hunger.
Apex Predator
When you feast on the blood of a living person, hold 2 Blood if you leave them alive or
if they are already weakened, or hold 3 Blood if you kill a healthy person. The maximum
Blood you can hold is equal to the number of weaknesses you have, plus your CON.
When you hunt for a victim in a steading, roll+DEX if you use stealth or aggression, or
roll+CHA if you use guile or charm. *On a 10+, you find someone you can feed from
undisturbed. *On a 7-9, you still find a victim, but choose one:
• You only hold 1 Blood
• Someone catches you in the act
• You leave behind incriminating evidence
The Blood is Life!
When you make camp, spend 1 Blood or gain 1 Hunger. You do not recover HP when
you make camp or rest; you must spend Blood.
You can spend 1 Blood to:
• Take +1 to any roll using +STR, only once per roll
• Make your next melee attack messy, forceful, or deal +1d4 damage
• Heal yourself for 2d4 HP
• Resist a weakness for a short time
• Reduce your Hunger by 1
The GM can spend 1 Hunger to:
• Make you attack the nearest or weakest creature
• Make you drain someone's blood completely when you are feeding
• Make your appearance monstrously inhuman for a while
• Run in terror from a weakness
Your load is 6+STR. Choose your armament:
 Wicked sharp knife (hand, 1 weight)
 Ornate rapier (close, precise, 1 weight)
 Long scythe (reach, two-handed, 2 weight)
When you gain a level from 2-5, choose from these moves.
 Beast-Blood
You may spend 1 Blood to take the shape of a wolf or a bat, just as if you
had used the druid's Shapeshifter move. You always get 3 hold, no roll is
needed.
 Mesmerize
When you gaze deeply into a person's eyes, spend 1 Blood and roll+CHA.
*On a 10+, choose 2. *On a 7-9, choose 1:
• They treat you as a friend until you prove otherwise
• They run in terror
• They give you something they hold
• They truthfully answer one question
 Blood Bond
When you feed some of your blood to a willing person, spend 1 Blood.
They become your thrall. You may treat them as a hireling, with Loyalty
equal to your CHA, one skill equal to your INT, and Cost: their master's
blood.
 Lord of the Dead
You may spend 1 Blood to cast the cleric spell Animate Dead, no roll is
needed. Your created zombie has one additional trait from the list, and you
also ignore the ongoing effect from the Animate Dead spell.
 Fang and Claw
You may grow and retract claws from your fingers at will (hand, +1 damage,
messy). Additionally, when you hunt for a victim using +DEX, take +1.
 Vampiric Resilience
While you are not in the presence of any of your weaknesses, gain +2
armor.
 Children of the Night
When you make eye contact with a predatory animal, you can speak with
and understand them, and you can spend 1 Blood to give them a simple
telepathic command, which they will obey to the best of their ability.
 Aspect of the Bat
Your senses are very sharp. You can sense invisible creatures and navigate
even in complete darkness. You may spend 1 Blood to take +1 to any move
using +WIS, but only once per roll.
 Blood Frenzy
While you hold zero Blood, you take +1 ongoing to Hack and Slash and deal
+1d4 damage.
 Cloak of Night
When you vanish into the shadows or fog, enemies never spot you until
you draw attention to yourself or leave your cover.
 Majesty
You may spend 1 Blood to take +1 to any move using +CHA, but only once
per roll. Additionally, when you hunt for a victim using +CHA, take +1.
Choose two:
 Jug of animal blood (2 weight, grants 1 Blood when consumed)
 An old family heirloom worth 10 coins
 Bag of books (5 uses, 2 weight)
 A written promise of a favor owed to you by another vampire
 Archaic armor (1 armor, 1 weight)
When you gain a level from 6-10, choose from these moves or the level 2-
5 moves.
 Mist Form
Requires: Beast-Blood
You may use the Beast-Blood move to transform into a cloud of mist.
 Entrance
Requires: Mesmerize
When you use Mesmerize, you get one additional choice, even on a 6-. Add
the following choices to the list:
• You plant a false memory in their minds; they will remember it as
if it really happened
• They forget that you were ever there
 Soul Reaver
When you drain a person's blood and kill them, hold 1 additional Blood,
and that person can never be resurrected.
 Blood Magic
You can cast a spell from the wizard list as if you were a wizard of your
class level-1 by spending 1 Blood, no roll is necessary. If an ongoing effect
gives a penalty to cast a spell, you must pay 1 extra Blood to cast a spell.
 Dream-speaker
Requires: Blood Bond
You may visit the dreams of anyone whose blood you have tasted and
communicate with them over any distance this way. The dreams will be
remembered as post-hypnotic suggestions, but they will not be compelled to
obey unless they are your thrall.
 Blood Power
The maximum Blood you may hold is increased by one.
 Obfuscate
Requires: Cloak of Night
You may spend 1 Blood to deepen the local shadows or summon a small
bank of fog, perfect for vanishing into.
 For the Dead Travel Fast
You may spend 1 Blood to take +1 to any move using +DEX, but only once
per roll. Additionally, when you use the shadows to travel to your
destination or escape pursuit, roll+DEX. On a 10+, choose 2. On a 7-9,
choose 1:
• You get there unseen or lose your pursuers
• You get there much quicker than it would normally take
• You leave nothing that could be traced back to you or your friends
 Bloody Killer
Requires: Fang and Claw
When you Hack and Slash with your claws, on a 10+ you gain 1 Blood.
 Machiavelli
When someone is plotting against you, you’ll know it, though you can’t
necessarily tell how. At the end of a session, if during this session you
dismantled the machinations of a powerful rival, mark XP.